The Belmarsh Tribunal D.C. — The Case of Julian Assange

On January 20, 2023, Democracy Now! is livestreaming the Belmarsh Tribunal from Washington, D.C. The event will feature expert testimony from journalists, whistleblowers, lawyers, publishers and parliamentarians on assaults to press freedom and the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution. <br> <br>Watch here live at 2 p.m. ET on Friday, January 20. <br> <br>Democracy Now!’s Amy Goodman and Srecko Horvat, the co-founder of DiEM25, will chair the tribunal, which is being organized by Progressive International and the Wau Holland Foundation. <br> <br>Members of the tribunal include: <br> <br>Daniel Ellsberg, Pentagon Papers whistleblower <br> <br>Noam Chomsky, linguist and activist <br> <br>Jeremy Corbyn, member of U.K. Parliament and founder of the Peace and Justice Project <br> <br>Chip Gibbons, policy director of Defending Rights &amp; Dissent <br> <br>Kevin Gosztola, managing editor of Shadowproof <br> <br>Margaret Kunstler, civil rights attorney <br> <br>Stefania Maurizi, investigative journalist, Il Fatto Quotidiano <br> <br>Jesselyn Radack, national security and human rights attorney <br> <br>Ben Wizner, lead attorney at ACLU of Edward Snowden <br> <br>Renata Ávila, human rights lawyer, technology and society expert <br> <br>Jeffrey Sterling, lawyer and former CIA employee <br> <br>Steven Donziger, human rights attorney <br> <br>Kristinn Hrafnsson, editor-in-chief, WikiLeaks <br> <br>Katrina vanden Heuvel, editorial director and publisher, The Nation <br> <br>Selay Ghaffar, spokesperson, Solidarity Party of Afghanistan <br> <br>Betty Medsger, investigative reporter <br> <br>Suchitra Vijayan, writer, photrapher &amp; activist <br> <br>Democracy Now! is an independent global news hour that airs on over 1,500 TV and radio stations Monday through Friday. Watch our livestream at https://democracynow.org Mondays to Fridays 8-9 a.m. ET. <br> <br>Support independent media: https://democracynow.org/donate <br>Subscribe to our Daily Email Digest: https://democracynow.org/subscribe